摘要 |
The tableware chute for use with a tableware sorting station, the chute comprising: an attachment means for attaching the chute to an upper surface of the sorting station; a hollow body defining an upper entrance and a lower exit, the entrance disposed adjacent to an edge of the upper surface, and the exit disposed adjacent to the edge of the lower surface of the station, whereby soiled tableware placed in the entrance is conveyed downwardly through the hollow body and out of the exit into a receptacle disposed on a lower surface. Several different configurations for attaching the chute to the station are disclosed. Internal dividers placed into the chute for providing more than one conveyance therein are disclosed. A tableware sorting station using the chute is disclosed to facilitate processing soiled tableware.
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